Combined adjustable presser-foot and gage for sewing-machines



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0. F. HARLOW & E. E. ANGELL. COMBINED ADJUSTABLE PRESSER FOOT AND GAGE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

No. 350,740. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. HARLOV AND EDXVIN E. ANGELL, OF MALDEN, ASSIGNORS TO THE GLOBE SEXVING MACHINE COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED ADJUSTABLE PRESSER-FOOT AND GAGE FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.350,740, dated October'lz, 1886.

Application filed October 10, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLEs F. HARLOW and EDWIN E. ANGELL, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have jointly invented a new and useful Combined Presser-Foot and Gage for Sewing- Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of this improvement is to provide an adjustable presser-foot and gage especially adapted for use in machines for sewing straw braid in the manufacture of hats, &c. In this class of work a constant change of direction in the seam is required, and quite considerable variations in thickness and character of the stock will occur.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of our invention as seen from the rear, and Fig. 2 is a front View of the same.

H denotes a portion of the head of a sewingmachine; I, the needle-bar; i, the needle, Q, the work-plate, and O the presser-bar carrying an ordinary presser-foot, P.

S denotes a vertically-adjustable sleeve surrounding the presser-bar,and secured thereto by a set-screw, 0, said sleeve having a laterally-extending arm, S. The arm S is provided with a groove, (1, in which tits a rib, n, on a block, N, said block being adapted to serve as a supplemental presser-foot, and carrying a gage, N, for the entering strip of braid. The block N is secured to the arm S preferably by a set-screw, R, passing through a slot, 2), in said arm, said slot permitting the said block N to be adjusted laterally on the said arm S.

The block or supplemental prcsser-foot N may be adjusted vertically on the presser-bar Serial No. 179,503. (No model.)

0, to accommodate varying thicknesses of 0 braid, by means of the sleeve S and set-screw O, as will be obvious, and the gage, which is horizontally movable with the block or supplemental presser-foot N, may be adjusted to different positions laterally, to accommodate 45 different widths of braid, by means of the riband-groove connections of the said block with the arm S, and the setscrew Rpassing through the slot in said arm.

Having thus described our invention, we 0 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a sleeve fitted to embrace a presscr-bar and provided with a laterally extending arm, of the block N, adapted to serve as a supplemental presser-foot and 55 having a longitudinally-sliding connection with said arm, a gage, N, movable with said block, and devices for securing said block and sleeve in place after adjustment, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the presser-bar O and the presser-foot P, of the block or supplemental presser-foot N, carrying the gage N, the vertically-adj ustable sleeve S, having the laterally-extending arm S,with which the said 6 5 block or foot has a rib-and'groove sliding connection, and the set-screws O and It, for securing said sleeve and block or foot in place after adjustment, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our 0 names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 8th day of October, A. D. 1885.

CHARLES F. HARLOW. EDW'IN E. ANGELL.

Witnesses:

A. H. SPENCER, O. G. KEYEs. 

